To order the previous question on H. RES. 566, discharging the committee on elections of President, vice President, and representatives in Congress from conside

On Feb 15, 1909, the House voted 142–123 (HRE 566). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 137–20, Democrats 5–104, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.

During the 60th Congress (1907–1908), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 142
No: 123
Did not vote: 132
Date: Feb 15, 1909

By party

Democrats5 yes · 104 no · 61 didn’t vote
Republicans137 yes · 20 no · 71 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted yes
Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
George Washington Cook R-CO voted no
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
James Monroe Miller R-KS voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Edwin Denby R-MI voted no
Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted no
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO voted no
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
George Ernest Waldo R-NY voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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